The shattered phantom scattered like torn batting, finally exposing Ander's true body, which he had kept hidden all this time.
A gaping hole had been blasted through his Tier Five Armor.
But what lay exposed beneath the broken armor was no human body.
It was a body that was half man, half beast.
Although his face still retained Ander's human appearance, dense black fur covered everything below his neck. The joints of his fingers were grotesquely enlarged, and the claws protruding from their tips gleamed coldly.
Qin Siyang's pupils contracted slightly.
He had thought Ander's catlike, slit pupils were the full extent of his mutation. He had never imagined that his human face was the only part that had remained unchanged!
Ander's left shoulder had been blasted apart, the wound tearing all the way down to his abdomen. Flesh peeled back to expose white bone, while his chest was scorched black and caved in.
Despite his grievous injuries and streaming blood, the phantom dispersed around Ander had not vanished. It gathered beside his body once again.
Ignoring his bleeding wounds entirely, Ander stared fixedly at Olof. "How is this possible...?! Even a Tier Five Artifact couldn't inflict this much damage! You're Sequence Level Nine... why doesn't my level suppression work on you?!"
"Lei Xiaoting! What the hell are you?!"
"Ander, you're half man, half beast. Who are you to say that to me?"
Expressionless, Olof raised a hand and tore off the heavy scarf he had worn around his neck for years.
"Two paths in one body. Ever heard of it?"
The scarf fell, revealing his neck and a ring-shaped scar that had long since healed.
A thin black iron chain was embedded deep in the flesh within that scar. A small, antiquated brass lock fastened its ends.
Ander frowned.